diff --git a/modules/om/generic/omGeneric.c b/modules/om/generic/omGeneric.c
index c44acb8..61d3069 100644
--- a/modules/om/generic/omGeneric.c
+++ b/modules/om/generic/omGeneric.c
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ parse_omit_name(
 	return True;
 
     /* This may not be needed anymore as XListFonts() takes care of this */
+#ifndef SUNSOFT
     if (num_fields < 12) {
 	if ((last - buf) > (XLFD_MAX_LEN - 2))
 	    return -1;
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ parse_omit_name(
 	if ((font_data->xlfd_name = get_font_name(oc, buf)) != NULL)
 	    return True;
     }
-
+#endif /* SUNSOFT */
 
     return False;
 }